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Everything You Need to Know About ASA Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice
The ASA’s mission—Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics—has an important advocacy element in the ASA Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice. These guidelines “are intended to help statistical practitioners make decisions ethically.”
Q&A with Rochelle Tractenberg
One of the world’s leading experts on the practice of ethics, statistician and Georgetown University professor Rochelle Tractenberg has written two books, Ethical Practice of Statistics and Data Science and Ethical Reasoning for a Data-Centered World. Here, she answers questions about the books and her motivation for writing them.
Practical Significance | Episode 22: What’s in the 2022 Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice?
In February 2022, the ASA Board of Directors approved revisions to the Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice, and this episode is a behind-the-scenes look at that process. Committee on Professional Ethics members Jing Cao and Stephanie Shipp join us to discuss their evolving understanding of the ethical practice and the two-year endeavor by the Committee […]
Supporting Community-Engaged Research Ethical Challenges and Plausible Responses in Statistics, Data Science Practice
Rochelle Tractenberg shows that when practitioners do not follow ethical practice standards, all those who make decisions based on the results of quantitative practice may find their decisions or scholarly work undermined.
My ASA Story: Jing Cao, Professor
Jing Cao joined the ASA in the middle of her graduate program in 2003. Throughout her journey, she has worked with enthusiastic and talented people and discovered the ASA has her back.
The ASA Committee on Professional Ethics: Promoting Data for Good
This year, Stats4Good will feature a series of columns focusing on the many ways the functions, committees, events, and groups within the American Statistical Association support this important work. The first stop on our tour is the Committee on Professional Ethics.
The Steven Miller Controversy: A Personal Perspective
Richard De Veaux discusses a colleague’s involvement in allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
Advocating for the Federal Data Infrastructure: What, Why, When, and How
ASA Science Policy Fellow Daniel Elchert helps answer the question: What is our federal data infrastructure, and when and how might statisticians go about advocating for this system as a means to leverage data for the public good?
Economics, Statistics, and Ethical Guidelines
Robert Parker writes about the article “Advocating for Ethical Guidelines Strengthens Statisticians, Data Analysts,” while Rochelle Tractenberg and George DeMartino respond.